#Child Safety
All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Child Safety, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
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Meta Agrees to $18 Billion Settlement Over Teen Social Media Harms
Meta will pay up to $18B to settle a multistate lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram were designed to drive compulsive use among minors.
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TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit
ByteDance's TikTok will pay $400M to the U.S. DOJ to settle 2024 child privacy violations — $300M immediately, $100M deferred, with sweeping new...
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Senators Press TikTok Over Withholding Safety Features from Users
Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal demand TikTok explain a 2021 experiment that withheld algorithmic safety features from 15 million users, including minors.
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Canadian Man Gets 33 Years for Using Social Media to Coerce US Children
A Canadian man received a 33-year US federal sentence after using fake online identities on social media to manipulate children into sending sexually...
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European Commission Accuses Meta of Breaching Child Safety
The European Commission has formally accused Meta of violating the Digital Services Act by failing to adequately protect children under 13 from accessing...
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UK Brings AI Chatbots Under the Online Safety Act
UK PM Keir Starmer announces ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and other AI chatbots will fall under the Online Safety Act, closing a legal loophole....